Open Mercato caught our attention for a very practical reason: less time spent on foundations, faster access to business logic, and more room to focus on real processes. It also fits the pace of software development that is becoming possible in the world of Agentic Engineering and AI-augmented development.
Open Mercato provides a ready-made foundation for business applications: data models, user roles, workflows, and business processes. This means the team does not have to start development from scratch. Instead of spending weeks building basic infrastructure, teams can move faster into business logic and features tailored to a specific organization.
Open Mercato describes this approach as “start with 80% done.” That practical angle is exactly what caught our attention.
We tested it during HackOn Open Mercato and came back with a clear answer: there is something happening in this ecosystem that is worth building together. Now, we are joining Open Mercato as a partner.
Open Mercato and Sylius share the same philosophy: a solid foundation that acts as a starting point, not a limitation.
From the beginning, we have built projects in a way that adapts the platform to the client’s real business processes, not the other way around. This is especially important in modern B2B e-commerce, B2C e-commerce, and projects based on more complex sales logic.
Open Mercato fits this way of thinking very well. It gives teams a ready-made base, while still leaving space for custom processes, workflows, and integrations.
It is also a natural extension of our technology stack. Until now, our main focus has been e-commerce. Open Mercato allows us to go deeper into ERP, CRM, and business applications that often operate alongside the store and support the real operational processes of an organization.
We want to actively participate in the development of this ecosystem: contribute, test, build, and share what works and what does not.
Open Mercato is still at a relatively early stage of development. For us, that matters. This is the stage where you can genuinely influence the direction of the technology, the way teams work with the framework, and the architectural practices that grow around it.
From our perspective, this is one of the best moments to get involved in this kind of technology.
We are seeing a major shift in how software is created. AI-augmented development and Agentic Engineering are becoming increasingly important. In this approach, AI supports development not only by generating code, but also by helping with analysis, iteration, and accelerating the work of the team.
Open Mercato fits this shift very well. A well-designed framework combined with AI tools creates a practical advantage: less time spent on repetitive code, and more space for architectural decisions, business processes, and real value for users.
We are taking this seriously. We are joining the Open Mercato contribution process and looking for the first client with whom we can build a production implementation on this platform.
If you are working on an operating system, CRM, ERP, or business application where standard SaaS is no longer enough, but building everything from scratch does not make sense either,
Open Mercato is a platform for building business applications such as CRM, ERP, and operational systems. It provides a ready-made foundation that helps teams build tailored solutions faster.
Because Open Mercato fits our approach: faster development, flexibility, and a strong focus on real business processes.
No. Sylius remains the framework we use to implement e-commerce platforms. B2B and B2C e-commerce implementations are still the core of our offer.
Open Mercato is a natural extension of that work in projects where the client also needs a CRM, ERP, or custom operational system.
Open Mercato makes sense for companies with complex business processes that need a tailored system, but do not want to build everything from scratch.
It is especially useful when a patchwork of SaaS tools is no longer able to support how the business actually works.
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